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The story of Odysseus begins with Athena's appealing to Zeus to help Ody who has been wandering on for ten years trying to get home after winning a war that lasted 10 years.

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Telemachus is Ody's son who was a baby when Ody left for the war and is now grown into manhood.

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Zeus sends Hermes to the island of Ogygia to inform Calypso that she must release Odysseus who tries to guilt Ody into staying but he refuses as he just wants to return home to his wife.

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Calypso aids him in building a raft which Ody uses to sail to the island of Scheria where Athena helps him to sleep.

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Ody sends three of his men to explore the island of The Lotus Eaters who unfortunately eat the flowers forgetting to return and give the details they discovered. Therefore, Ody goes to retrieve them as he does not wish to lose any men and uses the three as examples of possible outcomes if others were to eat a lotus flower.

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Odysseus and his crew end up on the Cyclops’ island. The crewmates think they should take the flock and leave. Ody says that they should see what the cyclops has for them. They get trapped inside the cave with the Cyclops and Ody comes up with a plan to blind the Cyclops and escape under the sheep.

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Ody and his crew land on the island of Aeolus, home of the wind king who aids Ody by giving him fair west winds to sail and holds the storm winds within a bag. During the night, Ody’s emn open the bag believing it was gold and silver only to release the bad winds sending their ships to back and Aeolus refuses to help furthermore as he thinks the ships are now cursed. They arrive next on the island of Laestrygones full of cannibals who invade and throw boulders at their ships with only Ody and his ship of 45 men surviving. Their next stop is the island Aeaea believed to be the home of a witch, upon their arrival they split into two groups to find their surroundings.

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Eurylochus tells Odysseus what has happened and begs him to sail away from Circe’s island. Against this advice, however, Odysseus rushes to save his men from the enchantress. On the way, he meets the god Hermes, who gives him a magical

plant called moly to protect him from Circe’s power. Still, Hermes warns Odysseus that he must make the goddess swear she will play no “witches’ tricks.” Armed with

the moly and Hermes’ warning, Odysseus arrives at Circe’s palace.

Circe gives Odysseus a magic drink, but it does not affect him and he threatens to kill her with his sword. Circe turns the pigs back into men but puts them all into a trance. They stay for one year, until Odysseus finally begs her to let them go home. She replies that they must first visit the land of the dead and hear a prophecy from the ghost of Tiresias.

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Odysseus and his crew arrive at the land of the dead. Odyseus enters and ghosts come out and talk to him. He has to get a prophecy before he can leave so that he knows what to do and what is going to happen. He was told that if they ate the cattle they would die, if they didn’t they would make it back alive.

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Odysseus sees his mom and talks to her. She says that she died of heart ache and Penelope and his son were still alive and waiting.

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Before Odysseus and his men depart, Circe tells Odysseus that he must pass the island of the Sirens, who will try to lure the men to their deaths with their songs. She advised that Odysseus put beeswax in the men's ears, and that they tie Odysseus to the mast if he insisted on hearing the Sirens' songs.

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Odysseus tries to persuade his mom to not stop and eat the cows but they insist. Their disobedience angers the sun god. Zeus sends down a thunderbolt and Odysseus is the only one who survives.